Tag: packaging

Dollar General announced today its commitment to join the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag as its Value Sector Lead Partner.

It has occurred to me more than once that the next great multibillion-dollar fortune is to be made in packaging. Which, if you have bought anything anywhere in the last decade, you know is terrible.

Albertsons Companies today announced that it has joined the Beyond the Bag Initiative, its latest step to contributing to efforts to reduce plastic waste.

U.S. consumers opted for packaged produce in the early days of the lockdown.

The attractively designed Xgo standing pouch is cleverly engineered to combine shelf-life extension capabilities by actively slowing the aging and ripening process, with convenience in an attractive "grab-n-go" retail packaging format.

Packaged produce is more conducive to click-and-collect shopping, as well as a faster, more value-conscious shopping experience in-store for consumers.  

Agros Produce LLC, the pioneer in the production of tomatoes grown in high-tech greenhouses in Mexico, has partnered with IFCO Systems, the world’s leading provider of Reusable Plastic Containers for fresh food packaging.

Fresh produce packaging specialists StePac L.A., Ltd. has been acquired by Nili Capital Partners, an Israeli private equity fund.

Have we found a compromise between shelf life and plastic?

Food waste, package waste, carbon footprint and other sustainability-focused initiatives have become areas of cross-population interest. Now we hope to understand the measures the produce industry is taking in response — from the grower/shipper down to the retailer.